Play On! continues at the Lyric Hammersmith, London until 22 February 2025. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Play On! is more than a clever adaptation; it’s a celebration of Black joy, Shakespeare, jazz and theatre’s power to transport us to another time and place.
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Wartime Women: A Khaki Cabaret – Fiona-Jane Weston – St James Studio
Wartime Women: A Khaki Cabaret was performed by Fiona-Jane Weston at St James Studio, London. Now for something completely different – a cabaret about the role women played in war, from Queen Elizabeth I’s speech to the troops at Tilbury in 1588 to Hannah Snell, who disguised herself as a man and joined the Marines in 1747 (and […]
After Midnight – Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York
After Midnight continues at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York, for an open-ended run. To borrow from E.Y. (Yip) Harburg’s memorable lyric, it seems like happiness is just a thing called After Midnight. This revue of music from the heyday in the late 1920s of the Cotton Club, the fabled Harlem night-spot, is escapist Broadway […]
